A most wanted man by John Le Carre

"A most wanted man" by John Le Carre. This book is published by Pocket books in 2010 and has 491 pages.

International intelligence community (German, British, American) targets a mysterious Chechen, a suspected terrorist, who appears out of nowhere, in Hamburg. This man Issa Karpov has inherited ill gotten wealth of his father but he doesn't want it.

Will he be arrested? Will he accept his inheritance? Will his lawyer, Annabel, and his banker, Tommy, help? Is Issa a terrorist? Who will win?

The book explains the international money laundering for espionage, in this case through Lipizena accounts. Lipizena Is a breed of horse that is black at birth and becomes completely white, gradually, as it grows up.

The story is slow. The narration is interesting in patches. For a long time reader does not understand where exactly is the story going. The climax, though realistic in today's world, appears incomplete.

Characterization is a bit confusing. It is not clear why Annabel is  attracted towards Issa and why Tony is attracted towards Annabel. Why the veteran devil Gunther becomes a lamb at the end. Why Americans trump Germans in their own country?

It would have been easy to abandon reading the book. I completed it because it was good in patches. Idea of using 'Lipizena' for special kind of accounts was brilliant.

Give it a miss.